Property

Fire crews were called to try and get it down

The three-bedroom bungalow on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly was built for the Wilson family in 1959

Newly-opened Fairyland Aromatics’ bright exterior has landed owners Fiona Alexander and Geraint Short in trouble with the local council

Nicola Bentley, 46, and husband Phil, 48, have been faced with including lumpy strips of artificial turf, doors that don’t fit properly and unsteady brickwork

Daniel Neagu, 31 carried out wrecking spree after claiming he was owed money for the building work

London retirees are sitting on £62 billion-worth of under-utilised property, new research has revealed. An independent report on the growing "later living market" found that many large, mortgage-free family houses, occupied by 1-2 retirees are putting a strain on the London housing market. Some 65 per cent of retirees are owner occupiers and these households, potentially 175,000 family homes across the capital, could downsize into purpose-built later living apartment schemes, releasing significant equity for lifestyle, healthcare support and inheritance benefits....

Controversial Brexiteer Arron Banks has won a planning battle against residents he described as "bleeding her liberals" and "rich soft Tories". The Leave.EU campaigner is director of a development company which wants to build six luxury homes in Bath, Somerset. Construction began a year ago but was suddenly halted in December when the contractor went into administration. Arron Banks - Credit:SWNS Residents then objected to the buildings, claiming some were bigger than the plans stated and others were in the...

Kevin Wheatcroft, 59, is selling his sprawling estate which comes complete with library, museum and a nuclear bunker

Larry and Brenda Lott claim they have been "kept awake for a year" by the "constant banging and drilling" of builders working on the property next to their £650,000 home.